Blackpool players left the club for big fees

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On the light of Joss Bowler going for a big
fee Here is a team of Blackpool players
that have gone for big money over the years

Wood
Bardsley Hart Hughes Wright
Ball Adam Ronson Hutchison
Sinclair Stewart
Bench
Ormerod G West J Quinn M Phillips Ainscow
 
Trammo said:
Ronson ? Don’t remember him going for big money.🧐
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According to Wiki we sold him to Cardiff in 1979 for £130,000 which was the record Club fee at that time.
He played the latter part of his career in America which is where he died in 2015.
The £112,000 fee Everton paid for Alan Ball was the English record in 1966 so as mentioned above would have been the highest in real terms and the most significant.
 
I know that for the entire time I have supported the club we have sold every player for less money than they are actually worth. Sinclair for one was stolen from us by QPR and Carlisle the same.

George Wood was undersold too.

Our best players have gone on to be sold for massive sums by the clubs who we sold them to repeatedly. It’s the way of the world.
 
MartonBornandBred said:
They did originally but then moved to Abbotsford Road. Their house backed on to ours.
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That's interesting to know, as I lived on Abbotsford for years (1994 - 2018) and I was told by the old fella who lived on Lawsons behind me (who had lived there all his life), that the Hursts had lived on Lawsons Rd, in the house next to him.
Not saying you're wrong btw, just what I was told :)
Also, did George go to St Georges School?
 
Trammo said:
The fee I think was £112,000. According to Bally Blackpool offered to match the wages Everton were offering him but he was ambitious to win the lg championship so he left.
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Alan Ball was always going to leave Blackpool, he was very ambitious and after WC66 he was the most sought after player in the country. I was hoping Ball would stay for 1 more season after the WC66 Final. Blackpool insisted on a cash only deal and turned down Leeds Utd’s offer of 3 Reserve team players plus £30,000. The 3 Leeds Utd Reserve players offered to Pool were all completely unknown — T Cooper (left winger), P Madeley (centre half) and J Greenhoff (midfield player).
 
Ball on Fire said:
Alan Ball was always going to leave Blackpool, he was very ambitious and after WC66 he was the most sought after player in the country. I was hoping Ball would stay for 1 more season after the WC66 Final. Blackpool insisted on a cash only deal and turned down Leeds Utd’s offer of 3 Reserve team players plus £30,000. The 3 Leeds Utd Reserve players offered to Pool were all completely unknown — T Cooper (left winger), P Madeley (centre half) and J Greenhoff (midfield player).
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I thought Terry Cooper was the left back at Leeds, but not withstanding that would have been some deal.
 
tango94 said:
According to Wiki we sold him to Cardiff in 1979 for £130,000 which was the record Club fee at that time.
He played the latter part of his career in America which is where he died in 2015.
The £112,000 fee Everton paid for Alan Ball was the English record in 1966 so as mentioned above would have been the highest in real terms and the most significant.
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emlyn hughes record transfer for a teenager £65000
 
Peter Doherty, transferred to Man City in 1936 for 10k which was 1k below the British record at that time.
 
basilexile said:
I thought Terry Cooper was the left back at Leeds, but not withstanding that would have been some deal.
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Terry Cooper back in 1965 & the early part of 1966 was a left winger when the offer was made. He was the understudy to Albert Johannesson. Terry Cooper was later converted into an attacking left back, Paul Madeley became a right back and Jimmy Greenhoff became a striker. I wonder how their careers would have developed if they had joined Blackpool.
 
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Ball on Fire said:
Terry Cooper back in 1965 & the early part of 1966 was a left winger when the offer was made was the understudy to Albert Johannesson. Terry Cooper was later converted into an attacking left back, Paul Madeley became a right back and Jimmy Greenhoff became a striker. I wonder how their careers would have developed if they had joined Blackpool.
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Thank you for the info. I don't know how they would have developed if they had left Leeds, but Leeds may not have been as successful. Although the players remaining were some side, despite the 'dirty' tag.
 
tango94 said:
According to Wiki we sold him to Cardiff in 1979 for £130,000 which was the record Club fee at that time.
He played the latter part of his career in America which is where he died in 2015.
The £112,000 fee Everton paid for Alan Ball was the English record in 1966 so as mentioned above would have been the highest in real terms and the most significant.
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Ronson was a record signing for Cardiff, apologies if you meant that. Blackpool had sold Tony Green, Micky Burns and Tommy Hutchison for more than £130,000 in the early 1970s.
 
Next Goal WIns said:
That's interesting to know, as I lived on Abbotsford for years (1994 - 2018) and I was told by the old fella who lived on Lawsons behind me (who had lived there all his life), that the Hursts had lived on Lawsons Rd, in the house next to him.
Not saying you're wrong btw, just what I was told :)
Also, did George go to St Georges School?
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Yes, the Hurst’s lived in a prefab on Lawson Road then moved to 89 Abbotsford Road.
John certainly went to St. George’s and as you might expect was in the school team.
 
MartonBornandBred said:
Yes, the Hurst’s lived in a prefab on Lawson Road then moved to 89 Abbotsford Road.
John certainly went to St. George’s and as you might expect was in the school team.
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I lived at 89 too !! Maybe there should be a blue plaque 🤣
I seem to recall there was a photo of him at the school too, but it was a while ago.
 
MartonBornandBred said:
Meanwhile my neighbour John Hurst who was in Blackpool’s Youth Team transferred to Everton Youth Team in 1965. No transfer fees were permitted so Everton bought his Dad a Ford Anglia.
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I never knew John Hurst was in Blackpool’s Youth team I always thought he was one of several local players Blackpool’s scouting system missed including Eric Curwen and Mick McGuire. Was John Hurst’s Dad a milkman?
 
Ball on Fire said:
I never knew John Hurst was in Blackpool’s Youth team I always thought he was one of several local players Blackpool’s scouting system missed including Eric Curwen and Mick McGuire. Was John Hurst’s Dad a milkman?
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Curwen did sign for Everton as a youth but never played for the first team. He ended up at Southport for a few years then trained as a teacher in his late 20’s.I think he also played for Formby and Blackpool Rangers.
 
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Ball on Fire said:
Ronson was a record signing for Cardiff, apologies if you meant that. Blackpool had sold Tony Green, Micky Burns and Tommy Hutchison for more than £130,000 in the early 1970s.
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I was just quoting from Ronson's Wiki page really.
I think it was probably meaning a record fee for Cardiff but it is ambiguous I agree.
 
Trammo said:
Curwen did sign for Everton as a youth but never played for the first team. He ended up at Southport for a few years then trained as a teacher in his late 20’s.I think he also played for Formby and Blackpool Rangers.
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Curwen played for Lancashire & England Schools and joined Everton when he left school. He was part of the Everton team that won the FA Youth Cup.
 
Alfie Conn said:
Didn't Iain Hesford command a decent fee moving to Sheff.Wed?.
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Yes he did but I don’t know how much it was. He was playing for England Under 21s when he was at Blackpool and in 3 years at Sheff Wed he never played in a 1st team and then he joined Sunderland for a transfer fee of £80,000 which would suggest Sheff Wed paid Blackpool more than that when they signed him.
 
The one that immediately sprang to mind was Alan Ainscow. On checking we let him to go to Brum for £40,000 - that is criminal.
 
John Burridge went to Aston Villa for 100K+ which was a big fee for a goalkeeper.
We already had George Wood as replacement.

How much did we sell that Northern Irish international to Stoke more recently.
 
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